The War Between China and Japan.
A THREAT FROM RUSSIA. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION). St Petersburg, January. 14. The Novo Kremya declares if China aud Japan persist iv ignoring Russia's friendly counsels Russia will be compelled to support her claims iv Corea by arms. Shanghai, January 14. Negotiations for peace, begin at Hiroshima on February Ist. The defeat of the Chinese at Kai Ping was due to a flanking movement. Two hundred Chinese were lulled. Ten thousand Chinese intended as a reinforcement for Kai Ping have now retreated to Yaingstu and Port Newchang. It is reported that the British Government ordered Admiral Freemantle to use the entire force at his command, if necessary, to prevent the Japanese entei'iug the Yan-tse-Kiang river. A friendly hint of this was conveyed to Tokio, which explains the inaction of the Japanese fleet since the encounter at the Yalu river. The Manchurian Princes have taken the defence of the country into their own hands. Southern Manchuria is in a ghastly condition, and it is reported that the entire population has perished, the region being reduced to a solitude, though full of food. Five thousand Mahomedan cayalry have arrived at Tientsin.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 168, 15 January 1895, Page 2
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194The War Between China and Japan. Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 168, 15 January 1895, Page 2
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